Roeding's pink pummelo

Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. RUTACEAE

CRC 1208
PI 539352

Source

Received as budwood from George C. Roeding's nursery, 05/1919.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

October to November

Notes and observations

Psorosis and exocortis removed by shoot tip grafting 1985. Medium to large pummelo; rind lemon yellow, smooth, medium-thick; very seedy; flesh light greenish-yellow with very slight pink tinge; flavor fair.

Lost number, presumably a shaddock- it is pink inside--H.J.W.

12/21/1987, EMN: Medium to large pummelo. Rind lemon yellow, smooth, medium thick. Very seedy; flesh light greenish yellow with very slight pink tinge. Flavor fair--tart now.